home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Howtek series scanner driver
- HOWTEK.EXE
- September 17, 1992
-
- The Howtek series driver is a revision 6 scanner driver (see REV6.DOC for
- more information) providing black and white, gray scale, and color
- scanning for all ZSoft products.
-
- You can run HOWTEK.EXE from your CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, or other
- batch file. To manually add the device driver to your CONFIG.SYS,
- use a text editor to type the entry as it appears below. Be sure to
- include a path if the scanner driver is not in your root directory.
- Remember to include additional parameters when necessary.
-
- CONFIG.SYS entry for the Personal Color Scanner:
-
- device=HOWTEK.EXE
-
- CONFIG.SYS entry for the ScanMaster:
-
- device=GIPB.COM
- device=HOWTEK.EXE
-
- You may also need to add a parameter to the CONFIG.SYS entry depending on
- which program you are using or which scanner you are using. See the
- information below for the parameters you may need to add.
-
- If you are using ...add this parameter
- this ZSoft program... to your CONFIG.SYS entry.
-
- PC Paintbrush Plus (DOS) /C1
- PC Paintbrush Plus (Windows) /C2
- PC Paintbrush IV Plus (DOS) /C3
- Publisher's Paintbrush (Windows) /C4
-
- PhotoFinish, Publisher's Paintbrush version 2.02 or higher, and
- PC Paintbrush 5+ do not need an application code parameter.
- This driver supports the following features:
-
- HOWTEK PERSONAL COLOR SCANNER:
- ==============================
- Brightness Settings 1-255
- Contrast Settings 1-255
- Automatic Brightness No
- Automatic Contrast No
- Resolutions 1-300 DPI by 1
- Scan Modes B/W, GS 256, Color 24-bit
- Halftones None
- Enhancements Edge Enhance
- Maximum Scan Area 8.5" x 14"
-
- HOWTEK SCANMASTER:
- ==============================
- Brightness Settings 1-255
- Contrast Settings 1-255
- Automatic Brightness No
- Automatic Contrast No
- Resolutions 30-300 DPI by 1
- Scan Modes B/W, GS 256, Color 24-bit
- Halftones None
- Enhancements Edge Enhance
- Maximum Scan Area 11" x 17"
-
- The commands provided by the driver are listed below in the example of
- the /H parameter.
-
- ZSoft Scanner Driver, version 6.01
- Copyright(C) ZSoft Corp. 1991, 1992. All rights reserved.
-
- Valid commands:
-
- /Cx = application Code (1-4)
- /H = display this Help text
- /? = display this help text
- /Oxxx = I/O port (hex value)
- /Px = I/O Port (0-3)
- /U = Unload driver
- /V = Verbose messages and status displays
- /G<dev>= GPIB device driver name (default is /GDEV7)
- /0x = Scanner head speed (1-2), where /01 is fastest (default is /02)
- /1 = Personal Color Scanner, else ScanMaster on GPIB
-
-
- /0
- ==
-
- This command allows the user to select the head speed for scanning. Slow
- speeds give better quality but require more patience. /01 is the faster,
- and /02 is slower.
-
- /1
- ==
-
- This command selects whether you have a Personal Color Scanner or the
- ScanMaster. ScanMaster communicates through a GPIB card. The Personal
- Color Scanner communicates through its own parallel interface card.
- /1 selects the Personal Color Scanner.
-
-
- Built-in Addresses
- ==================
-
- The /P and /O parameters specify the I/O port address for the Personal
- Color Scanner only. Any hexadecimal port address may be specified
- with the /O parameter. The "built in" port addresses (/P parameter)
- are as follows:
-
- 0 = 200h (default) ex: /p0 or /o200
- 1 = 270h ex: /p1 or /o270
- 2 = 300h ex: /p2 or /o300
- 3 = 370h ex: /p3 or /o370
-
- The hardware setting of the adapter card allow for any I/O address
- to be set in increments of 10Hex from 000 to 3FF. Examples of
- the corresponding switch settings for the /P parameter are as follows:
-
- 10H 20H 40H 80H 100H 200H switch
- +----+----+----+----+----+----+
- a 200 |off |off |off |off |off |on |
- d +----+----+----+----+----+----+
- d 270 |on |on |on |off |off |on |
- r +----+----+----+----+----+----+
- e 300 |off |off |off |off |on |on |
- s +----+----+----+----+----+----+
- s 370 |on |on |on |off |on |on |
- +----+----+----+----+----+----+
-
-
- Messages
- ========
-
- Checking scanner...
-
- The checking message is displayed during initialization of the
- Personal Color Scanner. Since this operation might take a few
- seconds the scanner driver is informing the user, rather than
- look as if it has "locked up." Note that if the scanner is not
- turned on, the system will hang on this message.
-
- Supporting: ??????????? on GPIB device xxxxxxx
-
- This message is displayed upon successful initialization of the
- scanner. The name and model of the scanner found will be displayed.
-
-
- Error Messages
- ==============
-
- Invalid speed specified.
-
- This message is displayed when the user specifies an invalid value
- for the /0 parameter.
-
-
- Scanner not responding (do you have the right address?)
-
- This message is displayed at initialization time if the scanner
- driver cannot successfully communicate with the scanner.
-
-
- Cannot find GPIB.COM device driver named xxxx.
-
- This message is displayed when the HOWTEK driver needs the GPIB device
- driver to operate, and it is not present.
-
-